MVA Fund donates N$1.1m medical equipment to Windhoek ICU

Windhoek Central Hospital on Friday received medical equipment valued at N$1.1 million from the Motor Vehicle Accident (MVA) Fund. The medical equipment includes, among other vital medical tools, a state-of-the-art diathermy machine, a suction machine, patient monitors and infusion pumps.Health ministry executive director Ben Nangombe, who gave the keynote address and accepted the equipment on behalf of the ministry, said the medical equipment will be used in two theatres at the hospital. This will supplement the existing theatre in the Surgical Trauma Intensive Care Unit (STICU), enhancing the effective management and treatment of patients in need of critical care.“The items were identified through a collaborative needs assessment for the existing theatre at the STICU to be fully functional while working to establish two additional theatres. This medical equipment will ensure that patients admitted to the STICU for critical care and in need of surgery will receive it promptly, without the need to be transferred to the main theatre," he said.Long-standing partnershipHe added that the donation marks a longstanding public-private partnership. “The health ministry has, in the past, collaborated with the fund and Namibia’s Standard Bank in a N$12.6 million project towards hospital maintenance. The project renovated and upgraded Katutura Intermediate Hospital’s emergency unit and [led to] various renovations at Windhoek Central Hospital’s seventh-floor spinal ward,” Nangobe said.MVA Fund chief of operations Phillip Nghifitikeko said the donation resonates well with their objective of leveraging and building smart partnerships, as the fund does not own any healthcare facilities. “We create value through trusted partners like the health ministry. This has seen us collaborate to help revamp hospitals and train doctors and nurses,” he said.

MVA Fund donates N$1.1m medical equipment to Windhoek ICU

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Namibian Sun 2025-07-02

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MVA Fund donates N$1.1m medical equipment to Windhoek ICU

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